Management Teams – Why They Succeed or Fail

One of the most imaginative and original pieces of research in management… An understanding of the importance of team-building will continue to be a major factor in the successful growth and development of enterprises.

– Professor Thomas Kempner, Henley Management College

Meredith Belbin’s work on teams has become part of everyday language in organisations all over the world.

Management Teams is required reading for managers concerned with achieving the best results from those who report to them. Management Teams is one of the most widely-read, imaginative and influential books on this vital area of management research and was cited by the Financial Times as one of the top 50 business books of all time.

Now in its third edition it has been completely rewritten and fully updated for managers and trainers, with succinct, practical information which demonstrates how to apply management theory learned into practical action to make a real difference in the workplace. Meredith Belbin’s own explanation of his Team Roles method allows readers to benefit from his extensive experience of its use in practice. Numerous real world case studies show how to apply the theory to real situations.

Simply putting a number of people together and expecting them to work as a team is not enough.– Meredith Belbin

Different Types of Teams are covered, including:

The Apollo Syndrome

Improving Unsuccessful Teams

Winning Teams

Teams in Public Affairs

Contents

Preface to the third edition by Meredith BelbinForeword by Anthony Jay

Making teams effective

The Apollo syndrome

Teams containing similar personalities

Creativity in the team

Team leadership

Other key team roles

Unsuccessful teams

Winning teams

Ideal team size

Features of good members of the team

Designing a team

Teams in public affairs

Thirty years later

10 Case studies using Belbin Team Roles.

N.B. Any reproduction of the 8-Team Role Self-Perception Inventory found in previous editions of this book is a breach of intellectual copyright.